Japan's SBI Holdings and Chikuho Bank agree on capital tie-up
Major online financial company SBI Holdings Inc. and Chikuho Bank said Friday they had agreed on a capital tie-up to help boost the regional bank's business amid population decline. Under the deal, SBI will acquire a stake of up to 3 percent in the bank, ...
Fukuoka mom and boyfriend found guilty of tying up daughter and forcing her to take cold bath
A mother and her boyfriend were found guilty Wednesday of forcing the woman's 8-year-old daughter into a cold bath on multiple occasions by binding her wrists and ankles. The Fukuoka District Court sentenced the 30-year-old man, Jun Yahiro, to three years in prison, suspended for ...
World's oldest person celebrates her 117th with party at Fukuoka nursing home
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world's oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in the city of Fukuoka. Tanaka marked her birthday, on Jan. 2, with a party Sunday together with staff and friends at the nursing home, ...
Critics assail secrecy over unexploded chemical weapons left by Imperial Japanese Army
At the end of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army left a number of unexploded shells filled with poison gas used as munitions. In the 2000s, when such artillery shells were discovered and retrieved from the seabed off the coastal town of Kanda, ...
Chinese murderer of family of four executed in Japan
The last time the death sentence was carried out was Aug. 2.
Japan to recognize doctor killed in Afghanistan with Order of the Rising Sun
The government said Monday it will award a decoration to Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese aid worker who was killed in a shooting earlier this month in Afghanistan. The 73-year-old physician will be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Chief Cabinet ...
A weekend in Nagasaki: Diverse, vibrant and a haven for history buffs
Nagasaki's long exposure to religion, architecture and cuisine from China and the West makes it veritable cultural melting pot that's well-worth a weekend excursion.
Fukuoka cop sentenced to death for murder of wife and kids, despite lack of hard evidence
A court sentenced a former policeman to death Friday for choking his wife and two children to death at their home in Fukuoka Prefecture in June 2017 in a case devoid of confessions or hard evidence. Mitsuru Nakata, 41, denied the allegations at the time ...
Some of slain Japanese doctor's ashes to be buried in Afghanistan
Some of the cremated remains of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who was shot dead in Afghanistan last week, will be buried in the country based on his wishes, a person close to him said Thursday. At a news conference in the city of Fukuoka, ...
Funeral held in Fukuoka for famed Japanese doctor slain in Afghanistan
The funeral of Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese physician and devoted aid worker who was killed last week in Afghanistan, was held in his home prefecture of Fukuoka on Wednesday. "He was a great global figure the school was proud of," said Shunsuke Takenaka, 74, who ...
Afghan police detain six men over killing of Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura
Afghan police said Monday they have detained a total of six men in connection with last week's shooting of Tetsu Nakamura, a well-known Japanese aid worker in the country. Nakamura, local representative of Japanese aid group Peshawar-kai, and his staff were traveling in two vehicles ...
Body of slain Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura arrives in Fukuoka after Afghanistan shooting
Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Fukuoka. Japanese police will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death and launch an investigation into his murder.
